HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 106

(By Delegates Walters, Phillips, Rowe, Hornbuckle, Eldridge, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Armstead, Ambler, Anderson, Arvon, Atkinson, Baldwin, Blair, Boggs, Brewer, Butler, Byrd, Capito, Caputo, Cooper, Criss, Dean, Diserio, Ellington, A. Evans,  Fast, Ferro, Fleischauer, Fluharty, Folk, N. Foster, G. Foster, Frich, Hamilton, Hamrick, Hanshaw, Harshbarger, Hicks, Higginbotham, Hill, Householder, Howell, Iaquinta, Isner, Kelly, Kessinger, Lane, Lewis, Longstreth, Love, Lovejoy, Miley, Moore, Moye, Nelson,  O’Neal, Overington, Pushkin, Pyles, Queen, Robinson, Rohorbach, C. Romine, R. Romine, Rowan, Shott, Sponaugle, Storch, Thompson, Upson, Wagner, Ward, Westfall, Wilson,  Zatezalo)

[Introduced March 25, 2017]

Requesting the Division of Highways to place appropriate supplemental signs on Interstate 77 at Exits 111 and 114 to direct travelers to the Sissonville Business District; and to place appropriate supplemental signs at Exit 116 on Interstate 77 indicating that travelers should use exits 111 and 114 for the Sissonville Business District.

Whereas, The area within the greater Sissonville community extending from exit 111 off Interstate 77, Tuppers Creek and extending west on Call Road to the intersection of Sissonville Drive and then north on Sissonville Drive to Pocatalico (Aldersgate United Methodist Church) is not included in any current unincorporated community. Significant business and school development has occurred in this area which includes within these boundaries the following community institutions: Sissonville Post Office, Sissonville High School, Sissonville Middle School, Sissonville Branch Library, office of the Sissonville Public Service District, the Sissonville-Millertown-Guthrie-Pocatalico Volunteer Fire Department headquarters listed on the Internet as the Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department – Johnson Station, and the forthcoming Sissonville Health Services, now under construction. This defined district comprises the largest concentration of businesses in the greater Sissonville area including: Two banks, one supermarket, six restaurants, one drug store, two modern office buildings, one convenience store and many other businesses; and

Whereas, It is important to the residents and businesses of the greater Sissonville community to further attract other businesses and residential services to their community. The identification and designation of this area will make it easier for travelers to find this business district as well as the high school and middle school.  The only sign for Sissonville currently on Interstate 77 is at Exit 116 and that sign indicates historic Sissonville; and

Whereas, This identification and designation will not change any unincorporated designations of current locations within this community, especially historic Sissonville; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made, and be placed, appropriate supplemental signs on Interstate 77 at Exits 111 and 114 to direct travelers to the Sissonville Business District; and to place appropriate supplemental signs at Exit 116 on Interstate 77 indicating that travelers should use exits 111 and 114 for the Sissonville Business District; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates, forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and the Greater Sissonville Development Council.